A New Perspective
Chapter ten: A New Perspective
For the last hour or so, Rainbow Dash had busied herself with getting used to her own body again. A week in a coma wasn’t good for any pony’s figure, and she certainly wasn’t an exception. Even if she was blind, she still needed to keep herself in shape, and feeling sorry for herself all of the time that she was going to remain in the hospital just wasn’t going to do it.
Since she was sure she probably wouldn’t be allowed to get out of her bed, she did simple things like touching the tips of her back hooves with her front ones, basically anything that involved movement without leaving her bed. While doing this, she found that nothing else of hers was injured or damaged in anyway. That was most definitely a good thing, since she wanted to get out of this stupid hospital as soon as physically possible.
The only other thing that would have made it better was if the bandages over her eyes would come off. She had thought about taking them off herself, but quickly decided against it. The bandages were probably there for a reason, after all. And it was probably a very good reason too.
Still, it felt good to move again, even if it was very limited. She hated not being active, and sitting in that bed doing nothing gave her a solid reminder as to why she hated it so much. As an athlete, she couldn’t stand not doing anything for long periods of time. She had to be moving in some form or another, and even though she could not see didn’t mean that she could not move, and move she would. And, the moving around gave her something else to do as well. It gave her the excuse not to think.
While she was just lying there, she began to think. She thought about various things, but when she was thinking, her thoughts usually drifted towards feeling sorry for herself or something along those lines.
She hated that feeling. No matter who it was, she couldn’t stand some pony feeling sorry for her. It made her feel awkward, weak, and like she owed some pony or something stupid like that. And she didn’t want to think about that. Instead, she thought about other things. She thought about just how lucky she was to be alive right now. She thought about her friends. She thought about how lucky she was to have friends like them. Not many ponies could say that they had friends that would stick with you through thick and thin, but she was one of the few that could say that, and she was grateful for it.
She chuckled softly. It was funny how humble she was starting to become.
Usually her thoughts were about her dreams or about flying, but since she didn’t quite have those anymore, she now had to think about other things. And she didn’t particularly like what her options were.
Dying to get her mind off sentimental junk, she decided that it was time for her to get out of bed. Screw the doctors! Even if it was just for a few seconds, she needed to stand on her own four legs. And she was going to do it.
Cautiously, she removed the thin covers from the lower half of her body and sighed as the cool air hit her legs and abdomen. She was careful to keep one front hoof on the bed so that, if need be, she could jump back onto it. Hoisting her back legs upwards and to the right, she now found herself in a sitting position. Her back hooves were hanging just above the floor beneath her, and they were ready to stand again.
Not wanting to waste any more of her precious alone time, she quickly let her body slide to the floor and landed unsteadily on three of her hooves. Her hooves wobbled under her miniscule weight and threatened to buckle underneath her a few times, but she kept herself steady. She was not going to fall from standing. That would be totally uncool. Though, she could understand why her legs were so weak. Frankly, it annoyed her, but she just had to deal with it whether she liked it or not. Once she had stood there for a few more moments, she felt her hooves get used to her body weight again. She bounced on them a few times, just to make sure that they weren’t going to betray her and make her fall to the ground. Luckily, they were steady.
Well, she could stand, that was good. Now for walking. Cautiously, she removed her front hoof from the hospital bed and put it on the floor. Since she couldn’t see, she didn’t exactly know where the bed was, and that was somewhat of a problem. Shrugging her shoulders, she decided she would take a wild guess when it came back to getting into bed. All she wanted to do right now was walk. Maybe run. Maybe…
She was getting ahead of herself.
“Okay…” she thought to herself, taking a few steps forward. The cold linoleum felt weird to the bottom of her hooves, not to mention it was rather slippery, so it was hard to get a sense of where she was at first. But, she was soon able to navigate herself around the little room she was in without bumping into anything.
“So far so…OUCH! Okay, who the hay put that wall there?” Grumbling, she brought her hoof up to rub her nose, trying to dull the ache the large wall had given her.
Scratch that idea.
As she kept walking around cautiously, she realized just how weird it was to walk without seeing where you were going. She had never really thought about walking before, she simply did it. But now she was finding out that she had to think about where she put her hoof whenever she took a step forward. She was also finding out that she was having trouble balancing. Rainbow Dash honestly didn’t have a clue why that was happening, she only hoped that her balance would return to her soon.
Fortunately for her, her balance did come back, but it took a bit more walking around for it to do so. By this point, she had explored her surroundings, and now she was at what she guessed was another hospital bed. Similar to the room that she had been in the last time she had to stay at the hospital, there were two beds with a large white curtain separating them. But, this time there was no pony in the other bed. For a moment, she was almost disheartened by this, but she quickly realized that no distractions from a would-be roommate would lead to more naptime for her.
She was about to go back to her own bed, when she heard something from behind her. It sounded almost like...
“Ms. Dash?”
Well, her wings worked.
As soon as she heard Nurse Redheart’s voice, she jumped about five feet in the air and stayed there, using her wings to hover slightly above the ground. The earth pony had…startled her. Yeah, that was it.
But, amidst the stunned surprise, it was nice to flap her wings after so long. The appendages had become dormant, and it was time to wake them up once again. And on the bright side, she had found out that she could hover without any help.
“Did I scare you?” came Nurse Redheart’s apologetic voice from behind her. “I’m sorry if I did. I was just checking up on you.”
Rainbow Dash turned around in midair to face the direction where nurse Redheart was. “You didn’t scare me. You just…surprised me,” she said coolly, crossing her forelegs over her chest in a huff.
The nurse smirked and Rainbow Dash heard footsteps coming closer to her. The sounds were hard to pick up to the average pony, since Nurse Redheart was rather light on her hooves, but to the pegasus they were as clear as day. She chalked it up to those rumors about losing one sense and another becoming more enhanced being true, and that theory just happened to work for her. It seemed logical enough, and it explained why she was able to pick up small noises coming from down the hall in the middle of the night. Funny, they almost sounded like…
“What are you doing out of bed?” the nurse asked, her voice taking on a rather concerned tone. “I didn’t think you were quite ready for that yet.”
“Oh, I was PLENTY ready, believe me. And I was just stretching my legs. Gotta keep up my strength, you know?” Rainbow told her, floating carefully back down to the ground. However, she didn’t completely perfect her landing and was almost sent sprawling onto the hard, linoleum floor. Luckily for her, Nurse Redheart caught her just before that happened.
“Careful…” Nurse Redheart said quietly, carefully easing herself next to Rainbow’s side to support her.
Rainbow Dash carefully folded a wing across the earth pony’s back. “Thanks…I was just heading back to bed anyways.”
“I’m sure,” the nurse replied as she helped lead the pegasus back to the bed on the other side of the room. As soon as Rainbow Dash was sure she was close enough, she hopped back onto the bed, unconsciously opening her wings as she did so. She quickly got comfortable and pulled the covers back on top of her lower body.
“Hey, nurse?” she started as she got settled in.
“Yes, Ms. Dash?” Nurse Redheart replied.
“When can these bandages come off?” she asked curiously. “They’re itchy.”
A small chuckle came from Nurse Redheart’s throat. It was quiet, but still detectable to her sensitive ears. Rainbow Dash frowned and crossed her front legs over her chest.
“Well they are…” she mumbled bitterly.
“I believe you, Ms. Dash,” Nurse Redheart assured kindly. “I’ll check with the doctor to see if I can take them off; I’ll be back in just a second.” With that, the door clicked shut and Rainbow Dash was, once again, the only pony present in the room.
She smiled inwardly to herself. Hopefully, those bandages would be able to come off, and, even better, it would allow her to blink again. From very early on she had noticed that her eyes had been closed while under the bandages. And, since the linen was wrapped tightly around, she hadn’t been able to open them. But, she was rather looking forward to opening them, in a weird way. Most ponies would find her anticipation a little bit foolish, but she didn’t really care. Sadly it wouldn’t make much of a difference for her vision. She wasn’t blind to that. And she didn’t want to believe in false hope. The only thing that would do was build her up, and then put her back down again, sending her crashing to the ground in a hard, metaphorical way. If anything, that was the last thing she wanted. Still, it would be a huge relief to be able to blink again, or to move her eyes at all.
Like the nurse had promised, she returned only a few minutes later. Rainbow Dash hoped that she was bringing good news with her. It seemed like it, judging from the way the nurse pranced into the room.
“Well, Ms. Dash, I talked it over with the doctor and he said that if I thought the affected area is healed enough, then we can take the bandages off,” she told her cheerfully.
“Finally,” she breathed out impatiently. She knew that they weren’t off yet, or if they could even come off at all, but she felt a large sense of relief. At least she had tried. The pegasus could barely sit still as the nurse came over to her and began to poke and prod at her face, right where her unseeing eyes were.
“Have you been feeling any pain in this area lately?” Nurse Redheart asked.
Rainbow Dash snorted. “No. It’s just been itchy…that’s a good thing, right?” she asked cautiously.
“Yes, that’s a very good thing,” Nurse Redheart assured, poking at another area on her right side. She winced as she felt the sharp sting of the nurse’s hoof connect with her wrapped eye. “It means that it’s healing properly.”
“Great. The sooner I can get these stupid things off, the better,” Rainbow said, gritting her teeth. She wasn’t quite enjoying this. For an mere inspection of her face, it felt much more like a raid into her personal space. Rainbow Dash never liked ponies touching parts of her body, and this was threatening to push her over the edge. She was tempted to shout out that she needed her space, but she decided against it, and just barely managed to contain herself as the nurse finished her examination.
After what seemed like forever, Nurse Redheart finally quit touching her. She sighed in instantaneous relief and felt butterflies flutter in her stomach as she awaited the results.
“So? Can they come off?” she asked eagerly, hardly daring to breathe.
“I’m happy to say that they can,” Nurse Redheart smiled.
She pumped a hoof into the air. Thank Celestia!
“Yes!” Rainbow Dash whispered happily to herself.
The nurse chuckled and the pegasus felt a hoof grab gently onto the back of her head. She was confused for a moment, but then she realized that the only thing the nurse was doing at the moment was doing her a huge favor. So, there she sat, patiently awaiting the moment when her eyes would be free of their accursed bindings. Finally, that moment came.
The first thing she did after she felt herself released from the bandages was blink.
Oh, sweet, merciful Celestia did it feel good to blink.
Both of her hooves shot up like bullets to her eye sockets and she inspected them thoroughly. The skin around them felt a bit squishy, maybe even a little bit raw and the fur around those bits were matted and dirty, but it was certainly a wonderful feeling to have fresh air circling around the deprived body parts again.
“Yes, the skin is healing nicely and there doesn’t seem to be any permanent scaring,” Nurse Redheart told her. Permanent scarring? What was she talking about? Oh yeah, the dragon attack. How could she have forgotten?
“Blink for me again please?” Nurse Redheart asked, pulling her thoughts back to the current situation.
She did so without question.
“Good,” the nurse said. “Everything looks perfectly normal. You’re healing fairly quickly.”
“Of course I am,” Rainbow smiled smugly, waving her hoof in the air dismissively.
“Oh, and before I forget, I was able to get in contact with Ms. Twilight, and the arrangements are all settled for you to stay with her,” Nurse Redheart told her. “She’ll be picking you up tomorrow morning.”
Rainbow Dash felt herself let out a breath that she didn’t know she was holding in. It felt good to have some security for the near future. She was getting out of this hospital tomorrow and she now had a place to stay. Even better, that place was with Twilight Sparkle. Her mind wandered off to different situations. What would it be like living with an egghead like Twilight? She was totally awesome to have around as a friend, but what would it be like being around the unicorn for twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week as some form of a roommate? It couldn’t be that bad. And Spike was going to be there with her as well. Besides, she liked hanging out with Twilight. Just the thought of the unicorn sent a small flutter up to her stomach. Suddenly, and without her consent, snapshots of the lavender unicorn flew through her mind. She felt her heart start fluttering out of control. There was something about Twilight that she just couldn’t put her hoof on, but she was certain that she liked it. She liked it much more than she probably should, but she didn’t exactly care.
“Ms. Dash? Hello?” Nurse Redheart’s voice snapped her out of her thoughts for the second time today. She shook her head and cursed her imagination. Stupid brain.
Stupid sexy Twilight…
Did she really just think of that?
Oh yes. She did.
“Are you sure you’re feeling alright? You’re looking a bit flushed,” Nurse Redheart told her. She didn’t need to see to know that the nurse was probably giving her strangest look at that moment, But, she couldn’t really blame her.
“Oh yeah, yeah, yeah…I’m fine. It’s just hot in here,” she lied, quickly taking control of the small blush on her sky blue cheeks.
Nurse Redheart was quiet for a few moments. What could the nurse possibly be thinking of now?
“Here, I’ll open a window,” she said. A few hoofsteps later, as well a small click, a cool breeze swept quickly into the room. Rainbow Dash breathed the cool air in greedily and sat back, feeling relaxed.
“Is that better?” Nurse Redheart asked, her voice coming from beside her.
“A lot better. Thanks a lot,” Rainbow Dash said, her head tilting in the direction of the nurse’s voice slowly.
“It’s quite alright,” the nurse assured. “I’ll leave you alone now, but I’ll be sure to tell you if anything comes up.” After the sentence was spoken, Nurse Redheart left the room.
Rainbow Dash smirked. She wasn’t quite sure she liked the sound of “if anything comes up” anymore. That phrase always seemed to bring something bad with it. At this point in time however, she was all too used to bad news and worst case scenarios, and she was prepared for more. A small part of her heart was yearning for some last minute good news, but she pushed it aside quickly. She had been too used to bad news in her life to be that naïve. But, hey, it wasn’t like the world was ending, right?
She let out a small chuckle at her own stupidity and arched her back in a small stretch. At least with the bandages off she looked normal, and there was really no way to tell that she was blind. Then again, she couldn’t say that with absolute certainty, and for all she knew, her disability could be stunningly obvious to the outside world. Hopefully that wasn’t true.
With nothing else to do, she let her mind drift back to Twilight, this time with her approval. Thoughts consisting of the unicorn lingered in her mind much longer than she had initially intended. Why was she feeling this way? What part did her unicorn friend play in the weird feeling of her heart? At first she had thought it was just an overwhelming sense of gratitude, but it seemed that it was so much more than that. Stupid Twilight. Even when she wasn’t trying to think about…those things, she was still compelled by some unseen force to contemplate over SOMETHING that involved the unicorn. It was weird and stupid.
Just like Twilight.
Yep. Just like stupid, sexy Twilight.
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You wanted a Rainbow Dash chapter, you got a Rainbow Dash chapter! I'll let you guys in on a little secret. Chapter ten wasn't originally a Dash chapter, but because everyone wanted one so much, I caved in and decided to give you one. Just because I'm so nice.
Also, I have a question, has anyone read "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie? It's really good and they made a movie out of it.
The ending is weird and all over the place. That wasn't how it was supposed to end, movie people. Get your shit together.So, this is my Christmas present to all of you. Enjoy!
Brrr, blind stories scares me. Might be because I'm deaf.
Can't wait to read more, I'm very curious how the story will turn out after Dash gets out! Hopeful not too much clop, those just gets boring compared to the amount of clop on this website now.
" But, hey, it wasn’t like the world was ending, right?"
Look at the date at the bottom right corner of the screen.
I see what you did here
Me:
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May the Grace of the Valar Protect You
Shire Folk
The shipping....
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It begins!
Umm, while it's never happened to me, I can't help but say... Dash NEEDS SOMETHING for her eyes, or else a bee or a fly or something could fly in there, and that would REALLY... *Shudders* Let's just say it would NOT be pleasant for Dashie AT ALL. She needs like a cool bandanna thingy to put over her eyes or something. Something COOL.
Awesome. Three new story updates in one day?
Also, I finished my research paper for my class and slept in.
Today is a good day.
I honeslty love this story, it is amazingly well done in my opinion!
rainbow dash still has her eyes the optic nerves are just fried, or that is how the tumbler goes.
1842256
Aviator sunglasses?
And now the story REALLY begins.
Yeah, I'm an unashamed TwiDash shipper...
stupid sexy Flanders...
the refrence...
I SEED IT
Stupid sexy twilight.
I see what you have done here. Clever
1824442 Dude, we're seeing the aftermath of the accident for everypony who knows Rainbow Dash and their reactions to her blindness, so in a sense, this story is all about Rainbow Dash.
And if you want more action, I would suggest looking for a story that has an Action tag.
Stupid Sexy Twilight XD
1842456
How did you even find that? I love it!
-Ambassador of the Changelings,
Dopple Ganger
Meeeeh, Am I gonna get feels from this story?
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Yes Stupid Sexy Twilight Indeed. I approve of this.
See? She can still fly, she just needs a way to reliably navigate.
1842830 You sir/madam are evil. Why use such a tool to drive some of us crazy? Why I ask you?
My feelings towards this individual are merely platonic...there is nothing interesting there...nothing at all.
...Stupid sexy Twilight
Yay! DashDashDashDashDashDashDashDashDashDashDashDash
I'm surprised that she's taking her situation so well :p
Love this
Are we going to be getting some more next chapter?
Ooh. Rule of thumb. Don't drop notes from the author into the middle of the story. Takes the reader right out of it.
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I made it worse.
1842141
You know you can filter that stuff out and you'll be fine.
Also the shipping begins
I must admit I wasn't a fan of the author 4th-wall breaking or how the shipping is going to be the old 'omg I suddenly have feelings for my friend for no reason', but I'm still enjoying this and looking forward to how the story is going to progress.
And I'm guessing those small noises in the middle of the night are Fluttershy?
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Haha the stupid sexy Twilight part made me laugh! I'm glad Dash is feeling better about things, this story is awesome!
1842594
I remember seeing the whole video with that clip in, so I thought I would post that part seeing as the story made a reference to it, probably obliviously though XD
I also remembered the Simpsons version too, which was this one XD
1843323 But Twilight, you ARE wearing nothing at all!
1843323 My wings are just cramping! That's all!
I-I'm not thinking a-about a-any-anything!! 
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More I say, cue TwiDash.
Just the thought of the unicorn sent a small flutter up to her stomach. Suddenly, and without her consent, snapshots of the lavender unicorn flew through her mind. She felt her heart start fluttering out of control. There was something about Twilight that she just couldn’t put her hoof on, but she was certain that she liked it. She liked it much more than she probably should, but she didn’t exactly care.
Would have preferred more of a build-up...
Oh dear Rainbow appears to have got herself in a pickle!,
MOAR! The story must go on!
Cool!
1842105and p.s. yes i have four copies, even an original racist one, its awsome. Thanks
AH! Finally! what are we…10 chapters in? good enough for me!
)
Bring in the ship!(by which i meen shipping
1842105 "For an mere inspection of her face" "For an mere" "an mere" a*. forgive my inner grammar nazi.
1842356 Well they're wrong, the tumblrs that is. Your optic nerve is located at the back of your eye and goes into head to send the light waves to your brain, hence producing the pictures aka the light. The optic nerve can only be fried if you stick a flame into your eye. the only thing that can be burnt and cause blindness is your cornea. The cornea is what captures the light and sends it to the retina and then the optic nerve through the nerve endings. If your cornea get's fried that will cause your blindness. your cornea has the highest concentration of nerve fiber, making it very sensitive to pain and also a very low tolerance to it. So if you fry your cornea, light is no longer sent to your retina and you can no longer see. So I imagine that is what happened to RD. She flew into fire with her eyes open, the fire burnt her cornea meaning light can no longer be captured, and now she is blind.
. so i've been told.
Allright, I am VERY happy to see RD on all four again!
But I honestly think it is a bit too...soon for the 'stupid sexy Twilight' 
If you give a good reason for this sudden change, I will be okay with it, but until that, it sounds weird 
Stupid sexy Twilight.
Stupid sexy Twilight...
This made my day....
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Stop being so Sexy
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Your Welcome!
1842141 Thank you very much!
Don't worry, there won't be any clop here.
1842185 Oh yes, yes you did.
1842202 And so it begins!
1842242 Yush~!
TwiDash is super fun to write. I need to do it more often.1842256 I say somepony should buy her some shades. That would be cool.
1842329 I bet it is.
1842343 Aww, thank you very much!
1842356 Yeah, that's how it is in this story as well. What made you think differently?
1842410 I think everyone did.
1842456 Because everyone thinks Twilight is sexy.
1842617 You might, you might.
1842830 Point one for the author!
1843231 Luckily, i deleted it. Thanks for the heads up!
1843323 Goddamnit! *slaps*
1843646 Well, thank you very much!
The fourth-wall breaking is gone now, and I'll try to flesh out the romance later.
Heh heh heh...nope...
1843917 Thank you!
1845636 The TwiDash is coming!
1845924 Aww, okay.
I TRIED1846079 And what a pickle it is.
1846506 And so it shall!
1846726>>1846729 Thank you!
Yes, the books are good, aren't they?
1847605 Hey, I said it was eventual, right?
1852903 I'm going to (hopefully) give a reason for it later, but we'll see.
1857703 Twilight...
What are you doing?
TWILIGHt
STAHP
1873580 I never used to think so, until ppl like you pointed that she can be XD
1873580 I deserved that slap in the face!
1846729hellz yeah...
excuse me I need to go and do... Something horrible to myself to atone for that reply.
1848314 I don't want to sound mean but:
1. MAGIC!!!!
2. she is blind. all we care about in it.
stupid sexy Twillight. second best quote ever.
I love this fic, I think Rainbow dash is the cutest pony ever. I want to cuddle with her and tell her that everything is alright.